ill-health

ill-health
ill-health .il-'helth n a condition of inferior health in which some disease or impairment of function is present but is usu. not as serious in terms of curtailing activity as an illness <elderly parents who are in \ill-health and need their financial and personal help (E. C. Gottschalk, Jr.)>

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